“Power” Articles

Despite Haymitch’s mistakes, the Capitol and Snow are defeated, and hope was always present amid death.

Does religion guarantee us deliverance out of the predicaments of being alive? Is it a machine we operate to tame and exploit transcendent reality?

Star Wars: Tales of the Empire suggests we are first meant to pity and forgive, not fight, our enemies.

Succession helps us evaluate our preconceived notions about influence and control, exposing our abandonment of Christ-like formation.

With Bridgerton, viewers show up for an uncharacteristically steamy Regency romance that delivers on the tropes but also delivers a thoughtful exploration of female agency in male-dominated Regency England.

And while Loki can’t articulate why he wants to rule, he is certainly attracted to power.

It is not normal for those with power to lay it down for another’s sake. To those insecure in their power, this feels like surrender. It feels like shame. Humiliation. 

Erin and Hannah wrap up their For God and Country series with a discussion about the power and privilege of voting and a side interview with Alan Noble about the Christian’s call to vote for truth.

Or perhaps it would be better stated that Smallville explores how Clark Kent’s heroism isn’t in how he uses his powers, but in how he has to learn to lay his powers aside—over and over again.

Jesus and John Wayne is history as confession, history as lament, a type of history that hopes in a God who never puts us to shame, even as hope in America does.

If there’s anything we’re capable of, it’s getting creative with power. And the power over what appears to be truth is a terrible power indeed.

Lecrae’s “Set Me Free” is an artistic extension and expression of what he sees as an opportunity to not only set himself free but to also liberate others from the vices of self-serving attitudes that consume our culture. 

Yet the more radical vision of flourishing for women would strike harder at the heart of the film’s concept: what if Molly’s real mistake was in her ultimate goal of power and success?

She-Ra does an amazing job of presenting characters, especially female characters, as whole beings.

What is the corrosive, and addictive, nature of power? And how does one learn to wield it well?

Like many with power, the NFL owners are using their wealth and status to steamroll those in a weaker position.